Ranunculus alismifolius

Plantainleaf Buttercup

SPECIES

1. KingdomPlantae
2. PhylumTracheophyta
3. ClassMagnoliopsida
4. OrderRanunculales
5. FamilyRanunculaceae

Native toBritish Columbia, California, Colorado, Idaho, Mexico Northwest, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, Wyoming

Observations2,622

Observations recorded4,718

Stems erect or ascending, not rooting nodally, glabrous or hirsute. Roots slender or fusiform-thickened basally, glabrous. Leaves: basal leaf blades with base acute; proximal cauline leaf blades lanceolate, ovate, or elliptic, 1.8-14.1 × 0.7-2.9 cm, base acuminate to rounded, margins entire or serrulate, apex obtuse to acuminate. Inflorescences: bracts lanceolate. Flowers: receptacle glabrous; sepals 5, spreading or reflexed from base, 2-6 × 1-4 mm, glabrous or hirsute; petals 5-12, 5-14 × 2-8 mm; nectary scales glabrous. Heads of achenes hemispheric to globose, 3-7 × 4-8 mm; achenes 1.6-2.8 × 1.2-2 mm, glabrous or rarely hispid; beak lance-subulate, straight or weakly curved, 0.4-1.2 mm.

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🔬Museum specimens

Specimen records

960

With media

764

Family

Ranunculaceae

Collections

UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA MUSEUMS, INECOL, DAV, CAS, HSC, SBBG

Recorded in

United States, Mexico

Wikidata facts

Instance of

taxon

Parent taxon

Ranunculus

Image

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